Thomet second at NXN Northwest Kodiak runners felt right at home Saturday in Boise, Idaho. Racing on a pack of snow and in sub-freezing temperatures, the Alaska boys state champions finished 11th at the NXN Northwest Regional at Eagle State Island Park. Senior Levi Thomet, ranked 15th in the nation on dyestat.com, led the way for Kodiak, finishing second with a 5-kilometer time of 16 minutes, 21.4 seconds. Thomet was well behind North Spokane’s...

KHS volleyball fifth at stateAlready saddled with a loss before stepping on to the Alaska Airlines Center court, Kodiak’s volleyball team valiantly finished fifth at the 4A state championships. The tournament won’t be remembered for the team’s performance, but rather for how they got to Anchorage. Kodiak’s flight to Anchorage was cancelled because of inclement weather on the island. Instead of flying, players and coaches boarded a ferry to Ho...

Council approves new skate park rampsThe Kodiak City Council awarded a bid for two new skate park ramps for Baranof Park at Tuesday’s meeting. City Manager Amiée Kniaziowski said the ramps to be purchased will replace the two large ones at the park. The Parks and Recreation Department maintenance crew has rebuilt the small ramps at the park, and the medium-size ramps are not in as bad of shape as the large ones. A three-phase replacement schedule has...

Public Safety Blotter: Nov. 17October 31 • Around 2:36 a.m., police conducted two bar checks downtown. • At 3:04 a.m., police conducted a security check on Mill Bay Road. • At 9:57 a.m., on Rezanof Drive West, police arrested a woman on suspicion of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree, misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth degree, and two counts of violating conditions of release. A man was arre...

Wrestlers begin eighth at Nikiski Kodiak’s wrestling squad opened the 2014-2015 season with an eighth-place finish at the Peninsula Duals Saturday at Nikiski High School. The Bears fell to 3A Bethel, 42-40, in the seventh/eighth-place match. Kodiak started the 16-team tournament with a 67-6 trouncing of Dimond. Kotzebue then bounced Kodiak to the consolation bracket with a 46-32 win. Kodiak beat Homer, 42-36, in its first consolation match then lo...

Assembly reviews nonprofit funding at work sessionThe Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has extensively discussed how to distribute nonprofit funding for the next year, tackling issues such as whether the assembly should cap how much money an individual nonprofit could receive. The assembly also discussed whether to keep part of the funding in reserve for contingency funding during the year, and whether to keep the nonprofit subcommittee to review all applications. ...

Garden Gate: El Niño spells balmy winter for KodiakAs we bathe —or should I say, shower— in the aftermath of Typhoon Nuri, the question, “What can we expect for the rest of the year?” begs to be answered. After much slogging through weather terms such as Madden-Julian Oscillation, Canonical Correlation Analysis, and OLR Anomalies, I managed to scrape together some forecast highlights for this winter and beyond: First, I’ll provide a little background. This spring,...

Kodiak runners off to IdahoKodiak was the best boys cross country team in the state this season, now it will see how it stacks up against Lower 48 squads. The Bears are running at the Nike Cross Northwest Regional Saturday in Boise, Idaho, a star-studded race that brings the best talent together from Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Hawaii and Alaska. This is the first time Kodiak has been to this race since the Trevor Dunbar-le...

Public Safety Blotter: Nov. 14Oct. 29 • At 1:10 a.m., police asked a man to leave the Mill Bay Road area. He did so. • At 1:15 a.m., police arrested a driver on Shelikof Street on suspicion of driving with a revoked license. • At 4:50 a.m., a 911 caller reported a vehicle theft on Hemlock Street. It was a case of mistaken identity. There was no crime. • At 7:22 a.m., police arrested a man in the Bartel Avenue and East Rezanof Drive area for a ...

KHS spikers forfeit state openerKodiak’s volleyball team was on the Sterling Highway when its opening-round state match against South Anchorage was supposed to start at the American Airlines Center in Anchorage. It was not the kind of opening the Bears were looking for in their fourth-straight trip to the state championships. Kodiak, the Northern Lights Conference runner-up, forfeited its opener to South. Coach Amy Willis knew it was going to ta...